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Judge Chutkan denies Trump’s request to recuse herself in federal election subversion case
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Chutkan said she sees no reason to step aside in the case scheduled for trial in March that accuses Trump of scheming to overturn his election loss in 2020.
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A federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump's election interference case in Washington, D.C., had denied his request that she recuse herself from the case.
Trump claimed that statements Judge Tanya Chutkan made during Jan. 6 riot sentencing disqualified her from presiding over his election-interference case.
Chutkan wrote that she has "'never taken the position" that former President Donald Trump should be prosecuted and imprisoned, as Trump's team claimed.
The federal judge overseeing Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election subversion criminal case will not disqualify herself from the matter, rejecting a longshot bid from the former president’s team to remove her from the case.
Chutkan said she sees no reason to step aside in the case scheduled for trial in March that accuses Trump of scheming to overturn his election loss in 2020.
District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Wednesday denied a request by former President Donald Trump’s legal team to recuse herself from his 2020 election interference trial in Washington. Lawyers for…
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said Wednesday she won’t recuse herself from Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington, rejecting the former president’s claims that her past comments raise doubts about whether she can be fair.
"In seeking Chutkan’s recusal, defense lawyers cited statements she had made in two sentencing hearings of participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol"
Chutkan, who was nominated to the bench by President Barack Obama and was randomly assigned to Trump’s case, said in her written decision that she sees no reason to step aside.
Former President Donald Trump lost his bid on Wednesday to recuse the federal judge presiding over his 2020 election subversion case after he claimed she couldn't be an impartial jurist.
Former President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove US District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan from his indictment case, citing “Disqualifying Statements,” was a lost cause, as she stood her ground with a thorough opinion on Wednesday, writes Steven Lubet.
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